List of chess world championship matches

List of chess world championship matches

The following is a list of World Chess Championship matches.

The winner of each match is listed first. The notation (+x -y =z) means that the first player won x games, lost y games, and drew z games. For example, in the 1858 Morphy-Anderssen match, Morphy (+7 -2 =2) won with seven wins, two losses, and two draws. In the case of a drawn match, the champion retained his title.

Unofficial events

* 1834 La Bourdonnais-McDonnell (+45 -27 =13)
* 1843 Saint-Amant-Staunton (3½ - 2½)
* 1843 Staunton-Saint-Amant (+11 -6 =4)
* 1846 Staunton-Horwitz (+14 -7 =3)
* 1858 Morphy-Anderssen (+7 -2 =2)
* 1866 Steinitz-Anderssen (+8 -6 =0)

Official events

* 1886 Match Steinitz-Zukertort (+10 -5 =5)
* 1889 Steinitz-Chigorin (+10 -6 =1)
* 1890/91 Steinitz-Gunsberg (+6 -4 =9)
* 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin (+10 -8 =5)
* 1894 Lasker-Steinitz (+10 -5 =4)
* 1896/97 Lasker-Steinitz (+10 -2 =5)
* 1907 Lasker-Marshall (+8 -0 =7)
* 1908 Lasker-Tarrasch (+8 -3 =5)
* 1910 Lasker-Schlechter (+1 -1 =8) [There is some doubt as to whether Lasker's title was actually at stake in this match, see [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/buckley.html here] ]

* 1910 Lasker-Janowski (+8 -0 =3)
* 1921 Capablanca-Lasker (+4 -0 =10)
* 1927 Alekhine-Capablanca (+6 -3 =25)
* 1929 Alekhine-Bogoljubow (+11 -5 =9)
* 1934 Alekhine-Bogoljubow (+8 -3 =15)
* 1935 Euwe-Alekhine (+9 -8 =13)
* 1937 Alekhine-Euwe (+10 -4 =11)

FIDE-sanctioned events

"See Candidates Tournament for the process of selecting a challenger for these matches."

* 1948 (FIDE) Botvinnik (14 points out of 20, five player, five cycle round-robin tournament)
* 1951 (FIDE) Botvinnik-Bronstein (+5 -5 =14)
* 1954 (FIDE) Botvinnik-Smyslov (+7 -7 =10)
* 1957 (FIDE) Smyslov-Botvinnik (+6 -3 =13)
* 1958 (FIDE) Botvinnik-Smyslov (+7 -5 =11)
* 1960 (FIDE) Tal-Botvinnik (+6 -2 =13)
* 1961 (FIDE) Botvinnik-Tal (+10 -5 =6)
* 1963 (FIDE) Petrosian-Botvinnik (+5 -2 =15)
* 1966 (FIDE) Petrosian-Spassky (+4 -3 =17)
* 1969 (FIDE) Spassky-Petrosian (+6 -4 =13)
* 1972 (FIDE) Fischer-Spassky(+7 -3 =11)
* 1975 (FIDE) Karpov-Fischer (by default)
* 1978 (FIDE) Karpov-Korchnoi (+6 -5 =21)
* 1981 (FIDE) Karpov-Korchnoi (+6 -2 =10)
* 1984 (FIDE) Karpov-Kasparov (+5 -3 =40) (aborted match)
* 1985 (FIDE) Kasparov-Karpov (+5 -3 =16)
* 1986 (FIDE) Kasparov-Karpov (+5 -4 =15)
* 1987 (FIDE) Kasparov-Karpov (+4 -4 =16)
* 1990 (FIDE) Kasparov-Karpov (+4 -3 =17)

plit title

* 1992 (Independent) Fischer-Spassky (+10 -5 =15) (rematch of the 1972 match)
* 1993 (FIDE) Karpov-Timman (+5 -2 =14)
* 1993 (PCA) Kasparov-Short (+6 -1 =13)
* 1995 (PCA) Kasparov-Anand (+4 -1 =13)
* 1996 (FIDE) Karpov-Kamsky (+6 -3 =9)
* 1998 (FIDE) Karpov-Anand (+2 -2 =2 and Karpov won on tiebreaks +2 -0 =0)
* 1999 (FIDE) Khalifman-Akopian (+2 -1 =3)
* 2000 (Braingames) Kramnik-Kasparov (+2 -0 =13)
* 2000 (FIDE) Anand-Shirov (+3 -0 =1)
* 2002 (FIDE) Ponomariov-Ivanchuk (+2 -0 =5)
* 2004 (FIDE) Kasimdzhanov-Adams (+3 -2 =3)
* 2004 (Classical) Kramnik-Lékó (+2 -2 =10)
* 2005 (FIDE) Topalov (10 points out of 14, double round robin tournament, eight participants)

Unification

* 2006 Kramnik-Topalov (+3 -3 =6; Kramnik wins after tiebreaks, +2 -1 =1)
* 2007 Anand (9 points out of 14, double round robin tournament, eight participants)
* 2008 Anand-Kramnik
* 2009 Anand/Kramnik-Kamsky/Topalov

Notes

References

*Davidson, Henry A. (1949, 1981). A Short History of Chess. McKay. ISBN 0-679-14550-8.
*Barcza, Alföldy, Kapu: Die Weltmeister des Schachspiels. Hamburg 1975
*Jens Enevoldsen: Verdens bedste Skak, Politiken (Denmark) 1966


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